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Japanese word 同情: sympathy / compassion / pity. Meanings and example sentences.

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同情 (どうじょう): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

同情 (どうじょう) means sympathy / compassion / pity.

See example sentences below.

同情 at a glance

同情
どうじょうdoujou
N1noun
sympathy / compassion / pity
同情どうじょうdoujouN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 同情

Core meaning

sympathy / compassion / pity

Basic example sentences

Example 1

彼の話にどうじょうした。

Translation

I felt sympathy for his story.

Example 2

どうじょうを示すことも大切だ。

Translation

Showing sympathy is also important.

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